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Week starting Saturday, April 25, 2015

Emperors’ Treasures: Chinese Art from the National Palace Museum, Taipei brings to Houston more than 160 works of art that highlight the artistic and cultural contributions of imperial rulers in China.

Each spring, the Glassell Junior School awards scholarships through an outdoor sketching competition. To participate, students must be 10 to 12 years of age on September 1, 2015. All supplies are furnished. Participants sketch the[…]

The late 1960s and early 1970s marked a period of tremendous political and social turmoil in Japan. As the country struggled to forge a new identity on the world stage, Japanese artists sought a medium[…]

Long considered the pinnacle of Peter Paul Rubens’s innovative achievement in Flemish tapestry design, The Triumph of the Eucharist paintings and tapestries are among the most important works of art produced during the Baroque period.[…]

On this 45-minute tour, play along with us as we turn this beloved American proverb into our thematic lens and look at artworks in our galleries that are very old, extremely new/contemporary, borrowed, and at[…]

Newly added screenings! The inspiring She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry takes audiences from the 1966 founding of NOW (National Organization for Women), when women still wore hats and gloves, to the emergence of more radical[…]

When photography was invented 175 years ago, can you imagine what it felt like to see such an image for the first time? People used terms like "divine perfection," “miraculous,” and “a little bit of[…]

The ancient trading route called the Silk Road wound its way through Islamic lands, encouraging a cultural exchange that provided artists with a diverse array of motifs, influences, and inspiration. On this 45-minute tour of[…]

Presented by Raphael Rubinstein, professor of critical studies, University of Houston, School of Art Poet and art critic Raphael Rubinstein details his ongoing collaborations with visual artists to create books that combine their artwork with his poetry.[…]

Newly added screenings! The inspiring She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry takes audiences from the 1966 founding of NOW (National Organization for Women), when women still wore hats and gloves, to the emergence of more radical[…]